Todd Frazier singled in Judge, giving the N.J. native his biggest hit in pinstripes to date. The Yankees led 4-3.

Ronald Torreyes capped the rally with an insurance run by knocking in New York's fifth run of the inning on a sacrifice fly to left field.

Despite the presence of powerful right-handed hitters in the lineup, the Yankees came into play with just a .236 season batting average against opposing left-handed pitchers.

That stat would be prescient for Friday's matchup against Red Sox southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez. The Yankees couldn't touch Rodriguez all night. Outside of back-to-back walks in the first, New York barely rallied off the talented, but inconsistent Red Sox starter.

Boston's bats brought the thunder to take an early lead.

In the top of the first, Hanley Ramirez crushed a two-run home run to the left center field seats off Jaime Garcia to give Boston a quick lead. Four innings later, Andrew Benintendi provided cushion with a line-drive home run to the second deck in right field off Garcia, pushing Boston's advantage to 3-0.